Index: config/database.php
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--- config/database.php	(revision c6fe0dffd59505c9920276be39abb274b2cdc07c)
+++ config/database.php	(revision a0635eb17a5e94ef0f7516801a86eaf53c605263)
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
             'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
             'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
-            'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
-            'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+            //'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
+            //'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+            'charset'   => 'utf8',
+            'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
             'prefix' => '',
             'prefix_indexes' => true,